JHUS' Finley Hunter
- Last updated Dec 24, 2015 (Explorers)
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Wild
- 17 Minions
- 11 Spells
- 2 Weapons
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 4400
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 12/4/2015 (Explorers)
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Battle Tag:
JHUS#1777
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Region:
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Update as of December 18, 2015: I am currently working on a better guide for this deck so more people can use it properly.
Do check my new unique hunter deck: JHUS' Naga Hunter
Here's a gameplay sample when this deck was still being optimized:
Do check my new unique hunter deck: JHUS' Naga Hunter
Here's a gameplay sample when this deck was still being optimized:
Good day to all of you and thank you for your time! I am JHUS. Today I finally got Sir Finley Mrrgglton and I decided to make a deck around it.
First of all, why hunter? I love playing hunter and the class has a couple of good cards that are pretty useful in this meta.
I. Card choices:
A. Minions
- Sir Finley Mrrgglton: There will be no more unwinnable matchups with this card. I will be making a separate section on how to use this guy soon.
- Ironbeak Owl: This will win you games. It is your only silence in the deck, plus it is a beast.
- King's Elekk: You get to pull a bigger minion. If not, it is still a 3/2. If played later on can be really good, cause you actually have mana to play what you get from it.
- Mad Scientist: Free secret anyone?
- Big Game Hunter: This card doesn't actually neutralize Dr. Boom but it helps, and bye bye Mr.Fel Reaver and other big minions out there, yeah I'm talking to you buffed Mysterious Challenger, and it is my business.
- Houndmaster: This card is absolutely amazing. Gives a beast +2/+2 and taunt not to mention it is a 4/3 on its own. Value!
- Tomb Spider: Helps you seal games, or turn a losing game around depending on what you can get from it.
- Loatheb: Whenever you cast this guy, it kinda gives you another turn to live or can help you set up lethal. It stops combos and is a 5/5. So why not.
- Stranglethorn Tiger: The stealth on this card makes it so good because it has time to prepare for an attack, this card also demolishes those Sludge Belchers FTW.
- Savannah Highmane: Big minion that is sticky and isn't on Big Game Hunter's sight? Then this dude is your guy. OP.
- Justicar Trueheart: I actually am amazed on how good this card is for this deck, you should play and see how good it is.
- Dr. Boom: Dr. Balanced. No need to explain this, right?
B. Spells
- Hunter's Mark: Helps you get out of sticky situations.
- Quick Shot: 3 damage for early removal or late game damage with draw.
- Animal Companion: Summon Huffer? Yup! Summon Mischa? Yup! Summon Leokk? Yup! Yes, all of them are useful here.
- Kill Command: Top deck this late and you win game, or use to kill those fat
Sludge Belchers and the likes, just remember, you need to have a beast so it will be 5 damage. - Unleash the Hounds: Who doesn't like free doggies?
C. Traps
- Freezing Trap: Use this trap when meta is a bit slow to sap those big minions.
- Explosive Trap: Use this trap when meta is really aggro and the bear can't handle them.
D. Weapon
- Eaglehorn Bow: Weapon that has so much use and can have extra charges? Yes please. Remember to utilize the free charge effect. Learn to use this and you will win more.
My experience with Justicar in this deck wasn't what I expected. She wins some games into extremely long plays, but... I don't want extremely long games with Midrange Hunter. What can I put instead of her? Maybe a Shedder? And Finley? I didn't find an use of him in my matchs, is he that necessary? Or I can substitute him as well? Congratulations and thanks for the deck.
You can substitute if you like, but from my experience, Justicar Trueheart won me many games.
I don't have justicar and I'm dying to get it, but question, if you justicar before Finley, will the new hero power be upgraded? I'm assuming no.
If you cast Sir Finley Mrrgglton after Justicar Trueheart you will choose from other basic hero powers and not upgraded ones.
any replace for justicar?
I would say that Justicar Trueheart is very unique and a replacement is hard to give, I would suggest you add a Ram Wrangler or a second Tomb Spider or if you are having problem with aggro decks, a Sludge Belcher or Antique Healbot would help.
By definition, irreplaceable. I wasn't sure whether I should craft it or not, but it's really useful in this deck and most warrior, paladin and priest decks. Worth it.
wow 6-0 so far... jumped 5 ranks in like an hour. Thanks 4 the deck!
"You get to choose a non-SMOrc hero power" what the hell is a SMOrc?
smorc means "fuck it im going face" (in a nutshell)
interesting deck. chosing the right hero power should be the main factor of this deck, so im looking forward to your explanation on what to chose.
I guess Justicar Trueheart is really useful both for finishing up opponents and for games against more control-type decks. You'll need the armor/heal, particularly, in certain situations. The other hero power are more circumstantial.
Very nice and interesting twist on midrange, I love it!
Hey, thanks for sharing the decklist! Tried this out for my 5 wins quest (at rank ~17). Maybe I'm doing something wrong, maybe it is the deck. I ended with 5-7 score (and almost all my wins I ended with my basic hero power).
Don't know, maybe for this to work it need to be switched to more controlly style with more high cost drops?
The deck revolves on making best plays out of each situation, you have to take into mind that the deck is midrange and not actually control. You will be outlasted if you take it to late game. If we skew the curve to a higher cost, then you will have lesser choices on the plays you can make each turn because you have limited number of mana crystals, unlike in the current format where you are given choices on how to handle each situation. Once work is done for this term I will add several sections on how to play the deck better. Thanks for your time on trying it out.
IMO if you're playing midrange game as hunter you don't need neither Sir Finley Mrrgglton nor Justicar Trueheart. Still wonder if someone will be able to create a viable control hunter deck with him.
Is there replacement for the Powershot becuase I do not have it yet.
You could try using Explosive Shot, it does the same thing but a bit pricey, so I won't actually say it is the best replacement. You could probably try and adding an Explosive Trap also, however, that is a secret too much. :P
What about Dart Trap could this not fit in here somewhere?
I have tested Dart Trap and it doesn't get that much value we expect. We have to remember that people try and play around traps, so they usually suspect this card as Snake Trap after confirming it is not Explosive Trap or Freezing Trap and might just accidentally trigger it when they use hero power. Once they trigger it, it can go face and have 5 damage which doesn't actually add board presence, or probably hit a minion, and probably a low cost one more often.